Why We Made Copilot Mandatory (and Would Do It Again)
Everyone said "just try it," so we did. Then we made it non-optional. Not because we love AI, but because we hate wasting smart people’s time on dumb stuff.
Lessons from Working a Decade in Startups
If you’re about to start your first company, here’s everything I wish someone had told me before I burned through time, energy, and peace of mind.
Best Fruit is Forbidden
The idea of rewriting everything from scratch is tempting clean code, faster builds, fresh tech. But clean slates come with real costs. Here's a more honest take on why backend rewrites feel right, but often aren't.
What Startups Can Learn From the Fall of Nokia and BlackBerry
BlackBerry once owned over 50% of the US smartphone market. Nokia ruled half the world's pockets. And yet, both fell hard and fast - not because of bad luck, but because of bad assumptions. They ignored early signals, clung to legacy systems, and bet on the wrong future.
Node.js vs Golang: A Practical Deep Dive
Go or Node? One is ergonomic, the other is a performance beast. After 8 years of building products in both, here's what scales, what breaks, and when to switch.
Everyday AI Prompts Worth Saving (For Engineers + PMs)
Most people use AI like a toy. I use it like a power tool. These prompts help me plan, write, prioritize, and think faster. Save them. They’ll compound.
You Don’t Get Kohli Without Gully Cricket
Building a unicorn is like making it to the Indian cricket team, most won't. But the ones who do change everything. And for that, we need more people trying.
Smart Polling in Flutter: Build It Once, Run It Right
Most polling in Flutter is wasteful. This post shares a production-ready Dart class that handles lifecycle, timeouts, and smart intervals no spaghetti timers.
Tale of 2 Brands
Nestle sells products. Amul sells Amul. That single difference in how they think about brand, distribution, and memory recall explains why one became a supermarket empire and the other a household name.
Product Managers don't need to code
You don’t stay relevant by writing code, you stay relevant by delivering outcomes.
Why Zudio Might Be the Best Thing to Happen to Zara in India
Zudio is quietly building Zara's next generation of customers in India - one ₹299 t-shirt at a time. It's not just a budget brand. It's a smart funnel. Tata's playing both ends of the income spectrum, and winning.